Re: [HACKERS] Is there no "DESCRIBE ;" on PGSQL? help!!!

Fri, 19 Oct 2001 09:24:32 -0700


psql \d command.  

> Any idea to get a human readable list with column descriptions like
> type,size,key,default,null.
> It would be nice if it would look simular to the mysql variant:
> 
> mysql> describe employee;
> +-----------+----------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
> | Field     | Type     | Null | Key | Default | Extra          |
> +-----------+----------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
> | Id        | int(11)  |      | PRI | NULL    | auto_increment |
> | FirstName | char(30) |      | MUL |         |                |
> | LastName  | char(30) |      |     |         |                |
> | Infix     | char(10) | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
> | Address1  | char(30) | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
> | PostCode  | char(10) | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
> | Town      | int(11)  | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
> +-----------+----------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
> 
> Cheers, Ron.
> 
> 

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